Terms of Reference DECENTRALIZED ENDTERM EVALUATION: Protracted Relief & Rehabilitation Operation (PRRO) 200875 in Earthquake Affected Districts WFP Nepal Country Office 2018 1 | P a g e Contents 1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 4 2. Reasons for the Evaluation ....................................................................................................................... 5 2.1. Rationale: ........................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2. Objectives...................................................................................................................................... 5 2.3. Stakeholders and Users of the evaluation findings ........................................................................... 6 3. Context and Subject of the Evaluation ..................................................................................................... 6 3.1. Context ............................................................................................................................................... 6 3.2. Subject of the evaluation .............................................................................................................. 8 Objectives of the programme: .................................................................................................................. 8 4. Evaluation Approach ............................................................................................................................... 11 4.1. Scope of Work: .................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 4.2. Evaluation Criteria and Questions ................................................................................................... 11 4.3. Evaluation Methodology .................................................................................................................. 11 4.4. Quality Assurance ............................................................................................................................ 14 5. Phases and Deliverables of the evaluation ............................................................................................. 15 6. Organization of the Evaluation ............................................................................................................... 15 6.1. Evaluation Conduct .......................................................................................................................... 15 6.2. Team composition and competencies ............................................................................................. 16 7. Security Considerations ...................................................................................................................... 18 8. Roles and Responsibilities of Stakeholders ......................................................................................... 18 9. Communication and Budget ............................................................................................................... 18 Annex-I EQ PRRO phase wise interventions: .............................................................................................. 19 Annex II: Map of EQ PRRO .......................................................................................................................... 22 Annex III: Preliminary Stakeholders analysis .............................................................................................. 23 Annex IV: Structure of the EQ PRRO- WFP ................................................................................................. 25 Annex V: Logical Framework of the programme ........................................................................................ 26 Annex VI: Evaluation Criteria and Questions .............................................................................................. 31 Annex VII: WFP Directive on Information Disclosure ................................................................................. 32 2 | P a g e Annex VIII: End line Evaluation- Key Dates ................................................................................................. 32 Annex IX: Indicative summary of PRRO areas- Asset Livelihood............................................................... 34 Annex X: Content guide for the inception package ................................................................................... 36 Annex XI: Membership of the Evaluation Reference Group and Internal Evaluation Committee ........... 36 Annex XII: Potential risks and proposed mitigation measures ................................................................... 36 Annex XIV: UNEG Ethical Guidelines ........................................................................................................... 37 Annex XV: Evaluation Report- Checklist...................................................................................................... 37 Acronyms .................................................................................................................................................... 37 3 | P a g e 1. Introduction 1. The total damage and losses of the 2015 April and May earthquakes are estimated at USD 7 billion, a third of Nepal’s gross domestic product (GDP). The death toll was over 9,000. Women and marginal groups in the poorest districts have suffered the most damage and loss, yet their capacities drive community resilience,1 and women’s dominance in the agricultural and informal sectors give them an important role in recovery. WFP focuses on equitable economic growth for women and marginal groups because post-disaster recovery will only be sustainable if gender equality and social inclusion are achieved. 2. The Government’s May 2015 post-disaster needs assessment showed that reconstruction costs would exceed USD 6.7 billion. The Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) emphasized the importance of building resilience and integrating disaster risk reduction into recovery activities. The Government’s livelihood-recovery strategy in earthquake- affected areas highlights the importance of linking immediate assistance with long-term livelihood recovery. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development, WFP’s main government counterpart, had asked WFP to support food security and recovery through cash assistance whenever feasible. 3. WFP’s long-term recovery strategy aims to support the reconstruction priorities identified in the Government of Nepal’s PDNA and Post Disaster Recovery Framework (PDRF), across the community infrastructure, agriculture, nutrition, tourism and disaster risk reduction sectors and cross-cutting themes. The project supported 2 million food-insecure people across the worst-affected districts. 4. A protracted relief and recovery operation (PRRO 200875) supports local communities and the Government to “build back better” in the most food-insecure, earthquake-affected communities. WFP provides food assistance for assets to build or rehabilitate infrastructure such as rural roads, bridges and water systems. WFP also provided a treatment of moderate acute malnutrition programme to pregnant and lactating women and children aged 6–59 months. 5. The Government and other stakeholders enabled beneficiaries in the poorest and most vulnerable districts to plan, build and maintain community infrastructures for resilient livelihoods. WFP’s community-led planning approach was focused on the participation of women, elderly people and marginal groups in decision-making. Food assistance for assets (FFA) activity helped them to be benefited to the poorest and most food-insecure households. Market analyses provided information on accessibility, availability and prices to inform the selection of appropriate transfer modalities. 1 National Planning Commission of Nepal. 2015. Nepal Earthquake 2015 Post-Disaster Needs Assessment. Kathmandu. 4 | P a g e 2. Reasons for the Evaluation 2.1. Rationale: 6. This evaluation aims to evaluate the end of the project results or changes seen in the lives of the beneficiaries as a result of the programme implementation. It is believed that the findings of the study will have solid evidences of impact of the project interventions on food security, livelihoods, health, nutrition and productive assets. The study also provides an opportunity to learn and replicate the good practices of the project and also identifying the areas of improvement to contribute to designing a more effective programme for the future. 7. The purpose of the evaluation is to study the results gained from the EQ PRRO (2016- 2018) to compare against the target set at the planning phase of the project. For this, the end-line survey will also collect outcome indicator data and assess whether or not the project has succeeded in achieving the project goal. The evaluation results will also be used for a trend analysis of the key performance indicators over time specifically taking reference from baseline and outcome results; and evaluate them under the evaluation criteria of effectiveness, relevance, efficiency, sustainability and impact. 8. Another purpose is, the information generated by the evaluation will be used to provide information needed to assess the extent to which observed impacts justify the investment and future investments